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ST. MARK’S WORLD SCHOOL
(Formerly St. Mark's Girls Sr. Sec. School)

This Society runs St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh & Janakpuri too.

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Book Week - (1 to 4 August 2018)

Books are uniquely portable magic. Book fair are appetizer for further reading. Book fairs play a huge role in encouraging reading habit among students.

Scholastic Book Fair was held at St. Marks Girls Sr. Sec. School from August 1 to 4, 2018. The fair brought along a wide treasure trove of age-appropriate books that empowered the children of all ages to select the books that they would like to read, thus igniting a passion for reading in them. The students’ excitement and enthusiasm for the book fair was very high.

Book Week for Juniors - (December 2017)

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"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors and the most patient of teachers"
- Charls William Eliot

Keeping in mind the importance of books in the formative years of a child, a 'book week' was organised for students of Classes I-V.

The students of Class I make book marks. The students of Class II performed an activity of book cover making. Class III students made comic strips. Class IV students participated in 'tale with a twist'. The students of Class V put their imagination to use to write stories for the competition 'story web'.

Book Week - (December 2017)

There is no loyal friend than a book. A great book leaves you with great experience and you live several lives with it. In an endeavour to hone the creative skills in writing, the school organised Book Week for its literature lovers. Sundry activities were held for Classes VI to XI. Keeping in tune with the times, the students of Class XI wrote travel blogs unravelling their novel experiences they have had during their vacation. Class IX indulged themselves in a gastronomical journey by writing blogs on food. Class VII and VIII explored the world of books in a unique way by writing Fractured Fairy Tales and Purquoi Tales respectively. In this world of media and networking, the students of Class VI followed the culture of the news channel by giving breaking news in a spicy manner. This activity was named Masala News as the students exaggerated a petty thing into a charade just as the news anchors. All in all, it was a great event.

Book Week - (November 2016)

Annual Book Fair - (1 to 6 Febuary 2016)


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'I never feel lonely if I've got a book- they are like old friends'... Emilia Fox

In order to make books our best friends we need to read and in our pursuit to develop this art in our students, SMGS organises a Book Fair every year wherein a vast collection of books is exhibited and the students can choose one of their interest.

The annual fair was organised in the school from 1 to 6 February 2016.

Book Week - (6 to 9 September 2015)

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers"
- Charles William Elliot.

These beautiful lines clearly depict the value of books in enlightening individual knowledge and in bringing our saturated life to a turning point. Keeping this in mind, an enthralling Book Week was organized by our school for classes I-X from 6 to 9 September 2015. The event provided all the students a wonderful podium to not only speak out their minds and portray their hidden talents but also aided in their overall personality development and enhancement of self confidence. This literary week equipped the students with the necessary verbal, intellectual and practical skills to realize their dreams. The multiferous activities held under the umbrella of Book Week included Family Album Making, Sing a Song and Relate a Memory, Most Wanted, Character Enactment, Limerick Writing, The Biography of an Object, Power Point Presentstions on Amazing Literary Facts followed by a quiz, a Walkthrough, JAM session and Extempore on News This Week. A Book Fair was also standardised wherein students got a chance to scrutinize some good books and inculcate a healthy reading habit. Students of class XI were active participants in the Book Week as they were the creators and Quiz masters of the ppt's and quiz on Amazing Literary Facts. They let loose their creativity and imagination for the same while class XII procured an opportunity to judge the events and put forth their views on the various performances along with their teachers. The Book Week was a wonderful learning experience for both the students as well as the teachers.

Book Week - (4 to 8 August 2014)

“To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold

intimate converse with men of unseen generations – such is a pleasure

beyond compare.”

Book Week - Class I Activity

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Book Week - Class II Activity

Book Week - Class IV Library Mascot Making Activity

“There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book-Marcel Proust”. In today’s world, we have so many books but unfortunately we have so little time. Books aren’t made of pages and words, they are made of hopes, dreams and possibilities. To let our children have a feel of this fanciful world of books, St. Mark’s Girls Sr. Sec. School organized a Book Week for its pre-primary, primary and senior classes from 4 August to 8 August 2014 with the aim of inculcating the habit of reading in children.

All the classes had different activities for their students. The children of seedling gave a special visit to the school library where the teachers presented a live story narration for them. They enjoyed as it was their first encounter with the characters of various books. A Rhyme Dramatization Competition was organized for the students of class sapling and they presented many amazing rhymes with full enthusiasm.

The grandparents are the back bone of any family and their stories are the most memorable ones. Keeping this tradition alive, one grandparent from each section of Class I was invited to narrate a story for the kids. Later on, the students used their imagination to make beautiful drawings based on the story. The girls of class II were highly energetic as they made scrap files about themselves. They wrote each and everything about their interests, liking and disliking, hobbies and various other aspects about their personality. Later on, people from the Scholastic visited their classes for the story narration session. It was a wonderful experience for them. Class III was not left behind as the students brought a prop and they spoke a few sentences about their favourite story character.

Class IV girls were in high spirits as they had the Library Mascot Making Activity which they performed very well. They gave special names to their mascots. Class V students penned down a story on their own and their imagination had no limits. The budding writers also drafted the book covers for their stories giving full swing to an artist in themselves.

The students of Class VI dressed up to enact their favourite characters. They were seen enacting as Lady Macbeth from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Swami from RK Narayan’s Malgudi Days, Portio from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, Arthur Conan Doyle’s character Sherlock Holmes and many others.

The students of Class VII participated in a remarkable interactive activity “Sell a Book”. The students divided in groups had to prepare the book cover, slogans and pamphlets for the book they wanted to advertise and sell to VIII standard girls.

The students of Class VIII were shown a power-point presentation on the writers who have penned mystery novels with detectives as lead. Later they were asked to complete a detective story. The students of Classes IX-X learnt to make a cartoon strip. Also, Class IX girls had situational extempore. The students of Class X were shown power-point presentation on Ruskin Bond and then they were tested for their awareness about the author. The students of Class XI did Blog Writing.

By the end of an exciting week packed with activity, the students learnt that reading books not only empowers each of us but also tickles our thinking. “Books….are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with them, then we grow out of them and leave them behind as evidence of our earlier stages of development.”

Book Week - (23 to 27 December 2013)

Books are proclaimed as the best companions one can ever have. Our school celebrated the spirit of joyous learning and reading by organizing a Book Week from December 23 to December 27, 2013. The main idea behind this was to develop a literary bent of mind in every child by engaging them in some fun activities. A pot-pourri of activities like Mask Making, Twist in a Fairy Tale, My Super Girl, Calligram Writing, Rebus Puzzle, Twitter Review, Haiku etc. were held for classes I to XI. This was a deviation from the typical concept as it enabled every child to dabble with their imagination rather than compelling them to learn. Our little Shakespeares, Miltons and Keats set out to make a mark for themselves. The Book Week was a successful attempt to bring out the latent talent in every child.

WINNERS OF BOOK WEEK ACTIVITIES JUNIOR WING :

Class I MASK MAKING	Class II PICTURE DICTIONARY	Class III TWIST IN A FAIRY TALE	Class IV MY SUPER GIRL	Class V DIAMOND POEM
Sahaj (I B) : I Devina (I E) : II Takshita (I D) : III	Japsifat (II B) : I Drishti (II B) : II Purva Gaur (II E) : III Chhavi (II A) : Special	Dhanee Bawa (III B) : I Harleen Kaur (III C) : II Savagya Dubey (III B) : III	Tanya Soni (IV A) : I Mansi (IV A) : II Devanshi Singh (IV D) : III	Harjas Kaur (V C) : I Vedangana (V E) : II Sunidhi Pareek (V A) : III
Class VI CALLIGRAM WRITING	Class VII MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER	Class VIII REBUS PUZZLE MAKING	Class X THINKING COLOURS	Class XI HAIKU WRITING
Sanskriti (VI A) : I Harveen (VI B) : II Hrishita Sharma (VI A) : III	Ritika Singh (VII A) : I Bharti (VII B) : II Shruti Gupta (VII B) : III	Aashi Chandela (VIII C) : I Tithi Rathee (VIII C) : II Vidushi Gupta (VIII A) : III	Kamalpreet (X A) - Introduction : I Divanshi Bhola (X A) - Positive : I Drishti Jain (X C) - Negative : I Priyal Sobti (X C) - Conclusion : I	Radha (XI C) : I Gauranshi (XI B) : II Sukriti Malik (XI C) : III

Book Week - (30 October to 1 November 2012)

Book Week is an annual celebration at SMGS, inspiring pupils about reading and writing. The book week for the academic session 2012 - 2013 was organized from 30 October to 1 November 2012. It was a platform to portray the inherent talent and creativity of the students. Various competitions were held for classes I to XI. The primary classes had a fun – filled time in competitions such as Word Search, Animal Farm, Create a Book and Autobigraphy of a non – living thing. The senior students let loose their imagination while participating in events like Ad- Mad, Story Enactment, Compose a Song and Mini Dictionary. Impressed by the creative instincts of the students, the judges motivated the students to explore vistas and avenues that will nurture their versatility and enhance their skills. The winners were appreciated with the certificate of merit for their par excellent performance.

The winners were as follows :

Word Search	Animal Farm	Create a book	Animal Talk
Stuti Gandhi - I A Tarang Singh Solanki - I B Apurva Singh - I C Yukti Grag - I D Purva Gaur - I E Vanshika - I F Devanshi Yadav - G	Gargi Gupta - II A Dhanee Bawa - II B Nandini Jjajoria - II C Jessica Garg - II D Aastha - II E	Rythem Rana - III A Divyanshi Joshi - III B Shriya Gupta - III C Bhavya Nagpal - III D	Smiti Malik - IV A Khanak Jorwal - IV B Gueeta Batra - IV C Diksha Sharma - IV D Vidhi Taneja - IV E
Autobiography of a non – living thing	Instruction writing	Ad – Mad	Story Enactment
Simarpreet - V A Shruti - V B Vanshika Kaushik - V C	Nida Siddiqui - VI A Harshpreet Kaur - VI B Rabnoor Kaur Bhatia - VI C	Naina Gandhi - VII Prapti Singh - VII Shristi Chawla - VII Vanshika Kaushik - VII Anjali Sharma - VII	Mitali- VIII Meenakshi- VIII Milanpreet- VIII Mansi- VIII Megha- VIII
Mini Dictionary	Writers that created a stir	Compose a song
Anjali Lakra - IX A Khyati Kumar - IX B Drishti Jain - IX C	Simi Nagpal - X A Divita Bawa - X A Mannika Kumar - X B Aakarsha Handa - X C Kamiya Marwah - X D	Ashveen Kapoor - XI A Saloni Singh - XI A Heena Jindal - XI B Ashee Khanna - XI B Diksha Bhasin - XI C Nishtha Dhingra - XI C

Spell Vocab IV - V - (Session 2011-2012)

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‘A well read man is a force to reckon with‘, keeping the saying in mind and to inculcate the interest of students in the amazing world of books, St. Mark’s Girls Sr. Sec. School organized its first Book Week for the session 2011-2012 in the school premises. During this annual activity, several activities were organized for different classes. Class IV – V developed vocabulary skills during the week by participating in the ‘Spell-Vocab’ Event. The ‘Spell-Vocab’ was held on Educomp Smart Class in the respective classes.

The event witnessed mass participation as all the students of the class were divided into teams. The ‘Spell-Vocab’ included seven rounds which ranged from questions on strange collective nouns, jumbled words, homophones to spell it out. It was a well organized event which engrossed the students as well as their teachers who conducted the same in the classes.

At the end of the session, the students were yearning to learn more and were aspiring for more such activities to be organized which make the learning experience fun.

Interesting activities were held at St. Mark’s Girls Sr. Sec School, Meera Bagh during Book Week (17 to 21 October 2011) fostering intellectual growth, ethical awareness and academic excellence of each child and also ensuring hundred percentage participation from classes Seedling to X.

A vibrant and conductive environment was created with the involvement of children in Kangaroo Words, Proverb Writing, Turn Coat, Album Making, Clerihew Writing, Compose a Song, Powerpoint Presentation, Famous Speeches, Mini Quiz, My Family Almanac, Mock Fairy Tale Competition and Book Fair.

Proverb Writing Competition was held for class VI. Arpanpreet Kaur of VI B did extremely well and grabbed the first position. The second position was bagged by Shruti Kharbanda of VI B and Gurubaani Monga of VI A stood third.

The students of class VII performed very enthusiastically in the Mock Fairy Tale Competition. The students were asked to distort the fairy tale and give it a modern ending. It was lively to see them dressed for Rapunzel, The Frog Prince, Rumplestilskin, The Princess and the Pea, Tom Thumb, Twelve Dancing Princesses, Beauty and the Beast to name a few of the tales. The scintillating performance of the students were praised by giving different titles. The best narrator prize was given to Aparna Gupta of VII C and Deeksha Madan of VII A. Supriya Shingari of VII B and Muskaan Gupta of VII A won for Best Costume. The title of Best Dialogue Delivery was won by Hemangi Malik of VII B and Anshika Malhotra of VII C. Pavitra Naidu of VII A and Harvinder Kaur of VII B were best supporting actors. Ashita Arora of VII C got laurels for Best Stage Presence.

The students of class VII took part in Powerpoint Presentation. The students prepared their presentation on well known authors like Samuel Beckett, Danielle Steel, Thomas Hardy, Salman Rushdie, G B Shaw, Roald Dahl, P G Wodehouse and many more. The outstanding performances was given by Bhavneet Kaur Bhalla of VIII C who stood first. Shweta Lakra of VIII C bagged the second position. Saranga of VIII C stood third and Somya Saluja of VIII C grabbed the fourth position.

The students of Class VIII also took part in famous speeches. Ruchika Lakra of VIII B delivered the speech as Mother Teresa and won the first prize. Muskan Ahuja of VIII C bagged the second position as Queen Elizabeth II and Neha Chugh of VIII A as Barack Obama stood third.

The students of class IX took part in the Album Making Competition. They had to make album on themselves wherein they could pen down their personal thoughts and write about their life and past memories. Lakshita Lamba bagged the first position from IX A. Aakansha Gupta and Matreyi Kaushik of IX B shared the first position and Abani Malik of IX B stood second. From IX C, Japneet Kaur bagged the first position and Niketa Sharma stood second. From IX D, Shriya Vij bagged the first prize and Disha Batta stood second.

The students of Class X took part in Turn Coat. The four winners who could speak sensibly and wisely on mind boggling topics like ‘Do boys and girls benefit more from being taught together or separately?’The World should turn vegetarian’, ‘Should mothers stay at home to raise their children?’ were Anusha Goswami of X A, Saloni Singh of X B, Simran of X C and Rashi Sharma of X D.

The literary week equipped the students with intellectual and practical skills for a life of significance. On 22 October, the winners were invited with their parents for the prize distribution ceremony. They were bestowed with the prizes and the certificates for their talent.